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Презентация по английскому языку. • Выполнила ученица • МБОУ СОШ№ 8 6 класса • Васильева Ангелина

Stephen King. Born: September 21, 1947. Height: 195 cm. Weight: 90 kilograms. Relatives: • Mother - Nellie Ruth Pilsberri (died of cancer in 1973). • Father - Donald King. • Brother - David Victor King. • Wife - Tabitha Spruce. • Children: 1. Owen Phillip King; 2. Joseph Hillstorm King; 3. Rachel Naomi King.

Education: Durham Elementary School. Lisbon Falls High School. University of Maine at Orono.

Born on September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine. He was the only child of Nellie Ruth Pilsberri and Donald King (his older brother adopted for 2 years before he was born). Poor family relationships imparted to the fact that when the King was 2 years old their father left the family. Thus, the Kings brothers were raised by their mother. Childhood traveling between the states of Massachusetts (Malden city) and Maine (Pownal town) where they had relatives from the mother.

Start writing career In January 1959 he and his brother David decided to publish the local newspaper called "Dave jokes. " David bought a mimeograph and began to publish the newspaper edition of 20 copies, which sold for 5 cents per issue. Stephen wrote articles, reviews on the not yet released a television show and they enjoyed the success that could not but arouse inspiration. Some of his stories were sold at 30 cents apiece

The first collection of short stories In 1963, Stephen King published a collection of 18 short stories, titled "People, places, and creatures that I". It includes such stories as: • "The hotel is at the end of the road. " • "I'm leaving!". • "The basis of measurement. " • "The creature beneath the well. " • "Stranger". • "I'm falling". • "Cursed Expedition". • "The other side of the fog. "

The first real publication The story "I was a teenager, robbed the grave, " King wrote in 1965. It was first published in "Comics Review" and contained about 6, 000 words. The first professional edition took place in 1967, when "Startling Mystery Stories" accepted his story "The Glass Floor". Graduation In 1966, Stephen King graduated from high school Lisbon Falls. Looking back on his school time, King said, "my career in high school was ordinary, I was neither among the best nor among the worst. "

• University of Maine. Immediately after graduation, Stephen entered the University of Maine and in the same year began to write a novel called "Getting It On". During the first year he completed his first full-length novel, "The Long Road". On offer publishing "Bennet Cerf / Random House" to print it, it was rejected. King took the hard publisher rejection and long postponed novel. On the same date with King I received a small fee of $ 35 per short story "The Glass Floor", published in "Startling Mystery Stories". As a student, Stephen was the author of a weekly column for "Maine Campus" student newspaper, a member of the Student Senate, and supported the anti-war movement in the Orono campus, considering that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. During the study, Stephen met his future wife, Tabitha Spruce. After graduation in 1970, Stephen received a BA degree in English language and the ability to teach in a secondary school

• Getting married life Stephen King and Tabitha Jane Spruce married on January 2, 1971. As Stephen was unable to find a job in a school teacher after graduation, they had to live on a modest income from work in the laundry, saving Tabitha and occasional fees for publishing stories in magazines for the type of men "Cavalier" (later many of the stories included in the collection "Night Shift").

• Dark tower One day, rummaging in the library, King found a poem by Robert Browning's "The kid came Roland to the Dark Tower. " With this book, he fired up the ideas of writing the saga of "The Dark Tower". But due to lack of money to write such a volume of the novel, he threw it. While King was moonlighting at a gas station for $ 1. 25 per hour.

The next published novel was written by Steven in the winter, held them in the summer house on Lake Sebago, where they were forced to move because of the deteriorating condition of his mother. After the publication of "The fate of Jerusalem, " who had originally called "The Second Coming", King received the status of the writer in the style of horror. changes publishing King decides to leave the company "Doubleday" and to sign a contract with the "NAL" for several reasons. The main reason is money. Another reason was the book covers. With the publication of the novel "Dead Zone" cover turned more lively and attractive than those made in the "Doubleday".

The subsequent fate Since then, Stephen King has published more than 50 books and has become one of the highest paid writers. Publishers around the world are fighting for the opportunity to publish his new novel. In 1998, King took the 31 place in the "Forbes Top 40 List of Entertainers" list celebrities, earning for the year of about $ 40 million. . . I almost died In 1999, Stephen King's hit by a car when he made a run along the side of the road in the town of North Lovell near Svoge country house. He has received numerous fractures and internal injuries, was for a long time confined to pastels and undergo rehabilitation. Finishes writing career In September 2002, Stephen has performed in the US media and said he intends to finish writing career after the end of the saga of "The Dark Tower".

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